On April 10th, a high-ranking official from the U.S. Department of Defense frankly stated in a public speech: "We willingly admit our inferiority before them, and this is an admiration from the heart." The reason why China can display such boldness lies in its astonishing development speed, solid economic foundation, and unparalleled shipbuilding strength. Looking back at last year, China's GDP total leaped to 130 trillion yuan, achieving a steady growth rate of 5%. In contrast, despite the United States' military spending reaching as high as $800 billion, most of it was used for maintaining existing military facilities and personnel benefits, with only limited funds actually allocated for purchasing new weapons and ammunition, and the underwater military investment being negligible.
In contrast, China's military expenditure accounts for only 1.3% of its GDP, but every penny is spent wisely, particularly on the construction of long-range fleets and rocket forces. Additionally, the official pointed out that China has made remarkable achievements in technological independence, no longer relying on American chip technology. Last year, China's self-developed mobile phone production reached 1.6 billion units, research and development investments in the scientific field amounted to an impressive 4 trillion US dollars, and the production volume of new energy vehicles also climbed to 13 million units.
All these demonstrate China's formidable comprehensive national strength. What worries him the most is the strong cohesion formed by China's 1.4 billion people thinking and striving together. If the United States continues to adopt traditional adversarial strategies to deal with China, the final result may very well be accepting the fate of failure.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829196735736915/
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